Bedrock shiner

Bedrock shiner
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Leuciscinae
Genus:Notropis
Species: N. rupestris
Binomial name
Notropis rupestris
Page, 1987

The bedrock shiner (Notropis rupestris) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is endemic to the United States, where it inhabits the lower Caney Fork system and nearby tributaries of the central Cumberland River drainage in Tennessee.

References

  1. NatureServe (2016). "Notropis rupestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  • Robert Jay Goldstein, Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards: American Aquarium Fishes. Texas A&M University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-89096-880-2, p. 93 (restricted online copy, p. 93, at Google Books)
  • Bedrock shiner on FishBase


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